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It is becoming increasingly clear that President Obama and Democrats need pressure from within the party to force them to stand their ground against the Tea Party insurrection in Congress. As was evident in the recent debt ceiling fiasco, conservative House Republicans have gravitated even farther to the right because of pressure from the Tea Party movement. Democrats are being towed along kicking and screaming. Well, screaming. That’s why there is an urgent need to form a Hot Chocolate Party to force Democrats to start acting like Democrats.

In the wake of the Third Ward murders, seven murders in 45 days, The Black Panther Party hosted a town hall meeting on Monday night at Emancipation Park, the site of one of the recent murders, to discuss a progressive action plan on how to move forward.

Community activists and leaders, including Quannel X and Councilwoman Jolanda Jones headed a panel alongside officers of the Houston Police Department.

Third Ward is one of six historic Wards of Houston Texas, and is located east of Houston’s famous Texas Medical Center, and southeast of downtown Houston. Third Ward has undergone an urban resurgence with newly established businesses, thriving professional services, and an influx of new citizens from other cities, and other countries.

Recently, Third Ward further distinguished itself with 6 murders that have occurred in 45 days, in less than a third of a mile from each other, and each victim. In the early morning hours on July 14, Lori Ann Pittman’s pregnant lifeless body was discovered on Calumet Street, near Burkett Street, one gunshot wound to the head, she was also pregnant. The same day, a man was shot to death in a drive-by shooting on Rosedale near Tierwester.